Get in the shower and wash the piercing using diluted liquid antibacterial soap, rotate or shuffle the jewellery (depending on what you have in the piercing a ring or a barbell). Then with running water rinse the piercing out while moving the jewellery. Exit the show dry the piercing using a clean towel and leave it alone till tomorrow when you will wash it the same way again. Do not use anything other than the above listed soap and water on the piercing. Once the piercing is clean keep your dirty hands off it, you need to wash your hands before you touch the piercing, that's how they become infected in the first place 9 out of 10 times.
the only time you would have to take a piercing out is if your body is rejecting it or it is getting infected
Any piercing has a chance of getting infected.
It's important to disinfect your hands and the ear - you don't want any germs getting down deep inside the ear tissue.
If its an old piercing its most likely scar tissue, if its a new piercing its most likely getting infected and there is pus in the bump.
You shouldn't remove any piercing until after they are entirely healed. If the piercing is already infected, removing the jewelery could cause the piercing to heal over trapping the infection inside the skin which will require medical attention. But if you don't have a choice, or you've decided that you don't want the piercing anymore, (only if the piercing is NOT infected) you can take the piercing out to let it grow over, and as long as you continue aftercare until the piercing is entirely healed you shouldn't get an infection.
It isn't advisable to drink alcohol for at least a week after getting any piercing because it thins the blood and can leave the open piercing susceptible to infections.
There are no specific odds of getting your belly button piercing infected. The odds of getting your belly button piercing infected go way down if you wait until the piercing is healed before you go swimming. It is important it does get infected that you see medical treatment immediately.
generally pregnancy does not interfere with piercings. if your pregnant and you have your belly button pierced, put a zip tie or long bar in it so the piercing will not tear. its likely that if your tongue is infected that it is not pregnancy related. try getting a long bar, and see if that helps.
Well unless you did the piercing yourself, the chances your tongue is getting infected from it being done by a professional body piercer working in a licensed and inspected shop is slim to nil. The only way a professionally done piercing will get infected is through client abuse or neglect, failure to maintain correct aftercare and personal hygiene is the only means that will cause an infection. So if you ignore your piercing, fail to keep it clean and fail to follow your written aftercare instructions, yes you will wind up with and infection. But you will never wind up with an infection from a professionally performed body piercing.
The main risk is it getting infected, which may cause a blood infection. if you keep it clean and look after it properly it should be fine.
Pretty much all piercings hurt - its just a matter of how much. Most nose piercing hurts about the same as getting an earlobe pierced. Of course there is also soreness after the piercing which usually goes away after it heals up (unless it gets infected).
A belly button piercing can be a lot of fun, but it must be kept absolutely clean. It is a piercing that is easily infected, and when it does get infected, it's pretty bad. After getting pierced, clean the area twice a day (as well as after the shower, after swimming in the beach, etc). Also know that after the belly button ring is removed, there will be a small scar that can stretch (permanently) during pregnancy.